Las TIC como recursos didácticos en la enseñanza de las Ciencias Sociales - Estado del Arte - España

Abstract

Today the information and communications technology have permeated virtually all spheres of life, a fact which invites teachers from all areas of knowledge to constantly upgrade and adapt teaching resources to the many possibilities that these technologies offer to enhance the teaching and learning processes Since Social Sciences is the area in which the investigator of the study presented here works, this research paper is about a documentary review that accounts for the contributions of the faculties of Spanish education regarding the use of Information Technology and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as teaching resources for teaching social sciences. According to the above, this project is part of an educational paradigm of the new information and communications technology in education is exploratory and qualitative. To meet the objectives a collection of information sources such as monographs, theses and dissertations, scientific articles, product research and subsequently an analytical tool designed by which the relevant process information was collected was carried out selected research. The results of this study demonstrate that applications and programs like Google Earth, Geographic Information Systems, virtual learning environments, various audiovisual productions, blogs, webquests, virtual museums, information portals, among others; They are constituted as means that can enhance the educational possibilities and thus learning in a globalized world we have today